U.S. House · CA-21

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High confidence based on 21 mapped decisive vote(s): 14 supporting and 7 opposing.
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High confidence based on 34 mapped decisive vote(s): 24 supporting and 10 opposing.
High confidence based on 29 mapped decisive vote(s): 20 supporting and 9 opposing with 2 absence/present vote(s).
Jim Costa's voting record on government spending bills shows a pattern of voting against increased spending on public programs. He voted against spending increases in 36 of 52 mapped votes.
Costa's voting record on criminal justice shows a mixed pattern: 17 votes aligned with reform approaches and 12 with law-and-order positions across 29 mapped votes.
High confidence based on 18 mapped decisive vote(s): 10 supporting and 8 opposing with 1 absence/present vote(s).
Costa's voting record on energy costs shows a pattern of supporting domestic fossil fuel production over clean energy expansion. Based on 42 mapped votes, he voted for fossil fuel–focused bills 27 times and clean energy bills 15 times.
Rep. Costa voted with his party 87% of the time. He mapped as supporting immigration reform, climate action, gun control, abortion rights, criminal justice reform, and LGBTQ+ rights based on decisive votes. He opposed public education funding, women's rights, foreign aid, and several healthcare expansions. On fiscal matters, he showed mixed patterns: neutral on tax policy and government spending, but supported affordable housing, workers' rights, infrastructure, and small business support. Attendance was 57%, with 240 missed votes.
Supported immigration (14 of 21 votes), climate change (24 of 34), and criminal justice reform (15 of 19)
Opposed public education funding (4 of 6), women's rights (4 of 5), and foreign aid (5 of 7)
Neutral stance on tax policy and government spending; mixed evidence on healthcare affordability and Medicare
Backed affordable housing, workers' rights, infrastructure investment, and small business support
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Synthesized from public voting and stance records only; not motive, corruption, electoral prospects, or district-wide opinion.
38 mapped issues • Updated May 29, 2026 • 25 non-gated high-confidence issues · 3 moderate-confidence issues · 10 limited-evidence issues · 3 evidence-gated issues · Model claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
Sources: Congress.gov · FEC · public disclosures. Methodology and citations on this district record.